Joan Mir says the 2024 Honda MotoGP bike has “the same problems” as last year in races 'but is faster', after a tough Qatar Grand Prix sprint.
The 2020 world champion battled an engine issue in the opening five laps of the sprint on Saturday before coming through to finish as top Honda in 15th. With no Honda rider near the points, the Japanese marque has seemingly failed to make any major progress through the field despite radically overhauling its motorcycle. Asked about what the issues with the RC213V are in race trim, Mir said: “We have the same problems, but faster.
“Really difficult day and also strange, because I was really, really slow today,” Marini, who was on pole and a podium finisher on a Ducati in Qatar last year, said. “Yesterday I was in line with my team-mates. Also, in the test we were in the same package, while today in the qualifying and also the pace of the sprint was really slow.
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